Horseshoer&#39;s stand.



No. 862,291. PATBNTED AUG. 6, 1907. C. F. SOUTHWORTH.

HORSESHOERS STAND.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 12, 1907.

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HORSESHOER STAND.

Specification' of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 6, 1907..

Application filed January 12,1907. Serial No. 351,969.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it lknown that I, CHARLES F. SoU'rHwoRTH, .a l. citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Boone, in the county of .Boone and State ofNebraska, have invented new and useful Improvements in HorseshoersStands, .y

of'which the following is a specification. l

My invention pertains to that type of stands for holding the tools anddifferent kinds of nails used by horseshoers, which are constructed witha View of preventing mixingof the nails in the event of the stand beingkicked or otherwise knocked over; and it con` sists in the peculiar andadvantageous stand hereinafter `described and particularly pointedy outin the claim appended.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this speciicatiom-Figurel'is a perspective view of my ,'I'iovel stand. Fig..2 is' a detailvertical section illus 'tratling the arrangement of the rotatable nailbox onits spindle.

Similar letters designate corresponding parts in both views of thedrawings, referring to which:

A is the w01 holder of the stand. The Said w01 holder is preferablyoctagonal in form to permit of advantageous arrangement of horseshoerstools therein, and is provided adjacent to its side wall a with fixedlegs B, this latter to assure the stand being-supported in a stablemanner so that the liability of its being kicked or knocked over isreduced to a minimum.

Fixed to and rising from the center o f the bottom b 'of the tool holderA is a post C which is provided at an intermediate point of its heightwith a platform D," and above said platform with a spindle Ef On theplatform D rests the circular nail box F which surrounds and is adaptedto rotate about the spindle E and on platform D for an important purposehereinafter set forth. rl.`he said nail box F comprises a bottom wall c,a central sleeve d of a size to snugly receive the spindle E, a sidewall e, 'and partition walls f forming a plurality-of (preferably five)segmental chambers f for horseshoers nails of different kinds or. sizes.At

their upper ends the nail chambers f are open, and

they are preferably, though not necessarily, 'numbered in consecutiveorder from 4 to 8; the numerals being arranged on the outer side of theside wall of the box as shown in Fig. l.

G is the cover of the nail box which is circular in form and of the samediameter as said box. This cover surrounds the xcd spindle E 'and isfixed thereto in any approved manner; thelset screw g illustratedbeing aconvenient means for attaining such end.` Thevcover is of about theproportional thickness illustrated, and in the' same is a .segmentalopening, h'corresponding in size to the area of the chambersfandi-having its side walls i flared or in-v clined upwardainl outward,this latter in order to enable said side walls to guide the nails whichstrike the same into-the particulalibhamber f that happens to beregistered with'the opening h.

5H is a handle Vwhich is fixed in any manner compatible with the'purposeof my invention on theupper end of -the spindle E.l The said handle isshown as having a collarl j'su'rrounding the spindle and fixed theretothrough the medium of a set screw 7c, but it is obviousthat the collarmight be riveted or otherwiseconventionally fixed on the spindlewithoutinvolving departure from the scope of my invention.

It -will be gathered from the foregoing that when mynvel stand is inuse, it rests in a solid manner upon the groundand hence is not liableto be casually upset .or moved away from the horseshoerf. It will" alsobe gathered that the horseshoer is-enable-dto conveniently remove toolsfrom holder A and as readilyr rre'place tools therein. The stand ispositioned with sitionof any part of the stand except the box F, and

Without letting go ofthe hoof of the horse on which he is working, whichis a material advantage.

- In filling the box F, the same is rotated about .the spindle E, andeach chamber f as it comes into register with the cover opening h issupplied with its quota of nails of theknd that it is designed tocontain.

It will be apparent that there is no liability of a nail getting into achamber or compartment f in which it does not belong, and that in theevent of the-stand being kicked over or otherwise upset the differentkinds of nails will not be commingled but 4on the other hand only thenails of the chamber f/ that is registered with the cover opening h willbe dumped out.

As will be appreciated from the detail description of the mode of usingthe stand, the adaptability of the nail box F to rotate about thespindle E and with respect to the platform D, cover G and other parts ofthe stand, constitutes an important feature of my invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim'and desire to secure byLettersPatent, is:

A stand for holding the tools and nails used by horseshoers, comprisinga tool holder having fixed legs arranged to rest solidly on the ground,an upright fixed to and risloosely surrounding and rotatable about thespindle and ing from the tool holder and having a circular platform athaving a plurality of segmental chambers for nails grouped :1nintermediate point of its height and a spindle extending about itscenter and open at their upper ends.

upward from the center of said platform, a circular cover In testimonywhereof I have hereunto set my hand in 5 corresponding in diameter tothe platform and fixed to the presence of tu'o subscribing witnesses.

upper portion of the spindle and having an opening the side walls ofwhich are flared upward and outward, a handle CHARLES F' SOUTHWORTHconnected to the.spndle at a point above the cover, and a Witnesses:circular nail box corresponding in diameter to the platform L. A. Davis,10 and cover and snugly interposed between the same, and D. S. CMMI-71:.

